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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Seeking Piet the Minimalist #1

With a piece of old canvas (landscape
work) from the past and some little digital work plus the music of
Yusef Lateef playing The Plum Blossom in the background came this piece,
a homage to Piet Mondrian.

Used a scanner to make a jpeg of the
landscape…. then digitally blurred it out with software ACDSee. From
there just let the creative process take over and played in the sandpit
of life.

This
being the first attempt at the motifs used here as a digital artwork, I
may look into it deeper. Not quite sure if it works…. will see.The most potent muse of all is our inner child. – Stephen Nachmanovitch

Seeking Piet the Minimalist #2

Using the same techniques as in Seeking Piet the Minimalist #1 this second go at creating a digital artwork has some promise. Still not hundred percent convinced, but I don’t give up that easy, this could work.

Second attempt definitely visually more appealing to me as the first attempt. As it should be.
Do like the push and pull effect with the blurred images in relation with the unblurred.

Music still Yusef Lateef but the tune is titled “Yesterdays”, great flute playing by Yusef.

Seeking Piet the Minimalist #3

Now this looks promising. Music in background changed completely too…. can it be? From first attempt to the second Seeking Piet the Minimalist #2, Piet Mondrian is getting closer to be found. Should I continue to seek?

YES… this now has potential to become part of my digital artwork series to see how far one can go with it. Note, potential… always the doubt.
And the music…. the acclaimed Tokyo String Quartet performing Beethoven’s exhilarating String Quartet in F Major.

The major changes I made regarding the other two “Seeking Piet the Minimalist” was two of the motifs were converted into negatives. The larger bottom section and the indentation color swatch. NOW… seeing how this turned out will make it more challenging to improve on this one.

Will either stay with the format or have to begin a whole new approach to this series/theme.
Playing in the sandpit of life is FUN.

Monday, May 2, 2016

SHORT EXPLANATION:
Dreams between the age of five and seven.
As the first morning light filtered through the bedroom windows, in a semi daze slipping in and out of sleep, an overwhelming fear of an entity would enter my space.Close by and ever menacingly behind and at times hovering over me, it made breathing next to impossible, so I would lay there feigning death. Then with every ounce of power for one so young and scared, I had to muster the courage to open my eyes, having told myself this would make the frightening being disappear: only for my eyes to fall upon….the curtains.This is when the curtains came alive with horrific battles and wars on land, sea and skies. My own horror movie. And all before breakfast!!

Curtain Call – #1 – Dream Series

BELOW

Curtain Call – #2 – Dream Series

Curtain Call – #3 – Dream Series

Curtain Call – #4 – Dream Series

Curtain Call – #5 – Dream Series

The
idea of a series titled Curtain Call regarding my dreams between the
age of five and seven have now come to fruition thanks to the words of
Robin Evans, (see below). First my thoughts were to do it as a series of
drawings then for a change from being in the studio I challenged myself
to do these as digital art pieces. It took four hours to complete both…
part drawing, painting then some tweaking with digital tool called
ACDSee…. a Triptych within a Diptych. May continue this series with only ONE image staying constant, the other two reflecting the dreams.

…while
the body remains the central figure in the dream these fear glitches
will keep happening. Leave the fray, look at the battlefield from
overhead and as you do this all the ripples will flatten out, it IS as
it has always been. – Robin Evans

To
some, these images may appear to be dark and nightmarish for someone at
that age…. hence the curtains, for so many years unavoidable. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone All works created by way of software tool, ACDSee and with the help of background music by SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows… SEE BELOW… Music Video – Sopor Aeternus The Sleeper